Figurative Devices

A ____________ is a comparison between two things using as or like.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A figurative device in which life-like qualities are given to an object is a ____________.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

A __________ is a direct comparison in which one thing is said to be another. "As" or "like" is not used in this comparison.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A _____________ is an exaggeration or overstatement.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words is called __________.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words is called ____________.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

_________ is a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

A ________ is a play on words which depends on the similarities in sounds and meaning of words.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

___________ is the petition of similar sounds at the end of words.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

_______ can be described as the beat and pace of a poem. Rhythm is created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line or verse.

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CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4